Ron vs. Draco

[dumbledore11214 <dumbledore11214@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52623

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall <thomasmwall at y...>" 
<thomasmwall at y...> wrote:
> IMO, it's all in the matter of the perspective one tries to take. I 
> personally don't think that Draco's evil, but I do think that he's 
> not very nice. But OTOH, if you try to see things from his 
> perspective, then with some diligent canon searches, it's possible 
to 
> see how he could be considered likeable.
> 

If we were to look only at Draco-Harry fights, I would probably agrre 
with you that it is a matter of perspective. (Actually, I still would 
not. :o))
Draco had no way of knowing that Harry could protect himself from the 
dementors. As far as he knew , Harry could have been injured very 
badly on that Quidditch match. So, in my book this assault was very 
serious

But, surely most of the time as Harry's protagonist Draco looks very 
pathetic. It does not make him any less evil in my book, though. He 
looks pathetic in comparison with the biggest evil wizard in the 
world, so I'll be glad to call him "less evil", but still evil.

Having said all that, I can't find likeable qualities in Draco even 
if  not looking from Trio's perspective.

I did say it before - to me - Draco is a racist, pure and simple. 

Until he realises (if ever) that muggle-born witches and wisards are 
the same people as pure-bloods, he gets my vote as my most disliked 
character in Potterverse after Voldemort and Malfoy Sr.

Alla